iMiddle Monday

We wear our BLUE & GRAY!

Tutoring Today:
All Science in S2, 3:00 to 4:00
Ms. Hull for English, 3:00 to 4:00
Mr. Urbino for Math, 3:00 to 4:00
Mr. Selby for History, 3:00 to 4:00

Announcements

Teachers please send the students who went to the Thinkabit Lab last week to room 12 to meet with Mr. Henry. Check your email for a complete list of students.
SKYHAWK Card Challenge this Week: Show respect for yourself, your school and our environment.
This week's WACKY WEDNESDAY theme is "Wear a Pair, Bring a Pair." Wear some wacky socks and bring a new or gently worn pair to donate.
Now watch our iMiddle News for this week...

6th Grade Focus

6th Grade Monday Focus: Organization and Goal Setting

7th/8th Grade Focus: Genius Hour Continued

Finish Group Sharing

Make sure the students are using the i21 microphone when sharing out
Remind audience about being active listeners

If the class finishes group presentations early, check out today's Channel One News

Terrific Tuesday

Tutoring Today:

Mr. Turk for Math, lunchtime
Mr. Cronk for Math, 3:00 to 4:00
Mr. Selby for History, 3:00 to 4:00
The Library is open today from 3:00 to 4:00

Announcements

Tomorrow's WACKY WEDNESDAY theme is "Wear a Pair, Bring a Pair." Wear some wacky socks and bring a new or gently worn pair to donate.
Tomorrow is also our last day for our canned food drive.
The end of our second marking period is coming sooner than you think! Make sure you have all of your assignments turned in and retakes completed.

6th Grade Focus

6th Grade Tuesday Focus: Zap Passes & Study Skills

7th Grade Focus:

Powerschool Check: Go through your class and record any missing assignments on your ZAP Pass. Try to get these turned in before Thursday.
Today's focus: Now that you've had the opportunity to think about some of the class activities you enjoy, you can begin to more thoughtfully explore your future path.

1. Work in pairs. Ideally, work with someone who has the same general career interest - for example, if you're interested in engineering work with someone who is also interested in that subject.
2. Interview your partner with the following questions: (5-7 Minutes)

What did you dream of doing when you were in elementary school?
How did you decide on this career?
What is the best thing about your career and what would you change?

3. Using the information from your interview, make yourself a business profile and business card. Open the document below (5-10 Minutes)

Advisory_11.17.15_Career Exploration.docx

For some of the questions on this document you might want to do a simple google search to find out where you can get some information on careers you're interested in.

*Teachers: encourage students to save the file somewhere on their Google Drive

8th Grade Focus

Powerschool Check: Go through your class and record any missing assignments on your ZAP Pass. Try to get these turned in before Thursday!
Today's Focus: Current Events
Check out the Channel One News segments for today,11/03/15
Teachers: pause the video clips where discussion questions are posted to allow time for discussion. Watch all 3 video segments for today.

WACKY WEDNESDAY

Turn in any canned food items to your Advisory teacher.
Don't forget to drop off the socks you brought to donate in the bins by the flagpole.
Use your extra time this afternoon to catch up on classwork and homework.

Thinking Thursday

Tutoring Today

Mr. Pena for Spanish, lunchtime
Mr. Turk and Mr. Ingrande for Math, lunchtime
Mr. Cronk and Mr. Urbino for Math, 3:00 to 4:00
No History tutoring today
The Library is open today from 3:00 to 4:00

Announcements

All 7th and 8th grade students with a ZAP PASS should come to the AUDITORIUM to ZAP their zeroes now.
Tomorrow is Parent Involvement Day! All iMiddle parents are invited to come on campus during lunch from 12:15-1:30. We will have special taco plates available for purchase at $5 and a fun Family Photo Booth set up for students and parents to take pictures in near the Library.
Tomorrow is also a minimum day.

6th Grade Focus

In-House ZAP Advisory and Tutorials

7th/8th Genius Hour: Create an Action Plan

Say to your students: “Now that we have shared what we learned ...what will we do? What we are going to do will depend on the class topic, but it NEEDS to be something that can reach a larger audience than just this class and SHOULD help make the world a better place.”
Take time to brainstorm what the class (or groups will do) with the information they found. If time permits, lead students through the next set of directions below:
Say to your students: “In large companies, hundreds if not thousands of people can be working on the same project. At Qualcomm there are over 1000 people working on a design for a new phone. How can that many people work on the same thing?”
Divide up the work! Divide up the work of your action plan into manageable chunks. Decide how you can chunk up what needs to get done and give smaller groups tasks to do.

Future Focused Friday

We wear our favorite college gear!

Tutoring Today: Closed for Minimum Day